Gabatrix: The First Peace

Chapter 9: The Discovery

"I think that will work," Ifra said. "I am satisfied with the trade prospects."

An hour had passed. Ifra and Kane were sitting together in the conference room and fully dressed again. Nobody would ever know the events that transpired in this room. On the table were some of the fruit that grew on the vine-like branches on the sides of the hall. Ifra was busy eating one of them as Kane was checking out the words written down on the tilon. His augmented hand had also scanned and processed the data that she had typed and written down.

"I am, too," Kane said. "Batrice and Gillan colonies will supply the rare metals for your assistance and provide protection for our colonies. The metals will go to help you build better warships that will, in turn, protect us. It will be a win-win scenario."

"Win.....win.....scenario?"

"A human expression.....both of us gain something together."

They both grabbed a piece of fruit as Kane ate away. The juice of the fruit seemed to taste better and better every time he had one. It even felt like it gave him a boost of energy every time he took a bite.

"You like them?" she asked.

"What do you put in these anyway?" he asked.

"This fruit is genetically made to grow throughout the ship. It helps provide our meals. It contains all the vitamins needed for the body to function while providing energy when you need it the most. We have other foods on the ship, but this helps reduce the need for loading up additional......nnnnn.....food......stuff things."

Kane looked around the room, admiring the layout of the place. "Your ship is almost alive....it's so interesting."

"The crews on the ship feel the same way," she commented. "They say that our people bond with their vessel. The ship keeps them alive, and it is a symbol of them. They thank the ship every time they depart it."

Kane focused back on the talks. "Alright....we got a trade negotiation settled. We will have to submit this to Batrice and Gillan through the UWA, but I don't think they will have any issue with it. The materials are pretty low in what they will be shipping."

"I agree, my mate," she said. "There are other things that I want to discuss with you as well."

"Go ahead," he replied.

"The rare minerals are only a partial symbol of our trade together. We need more. Our people need to have a reason for defending your colonies and homes if the Aksren or Shal'rein comes to attack you. I have some proposals to make. One is to allow the humans to.....become mates with our race. Free transportation and services will be allowed to all humans, male or female, to join us. There, they will be given incentives by our clan governments and encourage humans to become parents with their potential mates."

"I am all for that as long as they're not forced to. Remember that these would be human beings. Freedom is a fundamental process. Our people need to be returned as well."

"And you will. When our peace treaty is signed, the transports will be loaded up, and they will be brought back to your people. We promise that."

"Agreed. Here is an idea that I have to help out on that," Kane said. "We use the UWAN as a way to create dating websites. People look for....mates or husbands and wives and get romantically engaged with each other. Your people can use it the same way. You offer humans that would be interested in becoming parents, wives, or husbands and provide all the incentives to them. Progress will be slow, but it should work."

"It will be slow," she commented. "But.....I agree. Not all of our people will be behind the idea of wanting to be with a human anyway. The few of our races will have the same benefit as your people. They will have a choice now. No longer will we be confined to just becoming ivons or else. Your human women can even become mothers to the ivons as well."